On Line Yoga 

How the bamboo yoga students feel

I have been attending cases at Bamboo yoga since Dec 18 with a variety of teachers and I have loved all the classes. Bamboo studio offers a safe space and nurturing teachers. It is a community where everyone is welcomed and valued for their uniqueness and power. Karen’s mantra that all our bodies are on their own journey gives us all permission to embrace where we our in terms of our practice and not compare ourselves to others. 

During lockdown I have been attending hatha, yin and restorative yoga classes virtually with Karen (basically I go to as many classes as I can). These classes are amazing and am not sure how I would be surviving these challenging times without them. Karen has somehow continued the bamboo community for us even though we are in our own homes and created a nurturing, loving space for us all. She blends challenging and healing yoga poses and practice with spiritual teachings, sharing her own light and vulnerability with us. I am finding yin yoga particularly transformative in its focus on staying with uncomfortable feelings and welcoming them in to pass through them. I am growing every week in physical and emotional strength. Bamboo yoga is a true gift and I feel lucky to have Karen and the community in my life. 

Attending Karen Jackson’s Yin and Hatha yoga classes at Bamboo Yoga and now on line have kept me going during this difficult time. I have especially taken comfort and moments of peace from the yin practice. 

I have been attending classes for a number years - am not a typical bendy yoga natural - but it has allowed me to focus on my wellbeing and strength. I have also adopted DoTERRA oils and Karen’s wise words into my daily life.

“If I am calm I am stronger” is a phrase that has stuck with me. These classes help me to keep my perspective and keep my body and mind well. 

Cherry 

 

I met Karen after a friend mentioned following her on Instagram. I found her yoga class easy to follow, some lovely elements of fun and very spiritual. I’ve also signed up for an essential oils training session, and as part of this Karen has spent time and given consideration to my individual needs. She has been very caring, compassionate and  respectful and I’m really grateful to her for this. I also find her posts interesting, informative and encouraging, and they help remind me of my core values. Thank you and I look forward to attending many more sessions.

Fiona 

I love the Thursday night yin class and it has become my regular Thursday chill. I like that I can practice in my PJs or any comfy clothes I like with my own cushions and blankets and experience the soothing postures at home. Karen makes the trickier poses accessible as she offers alternatives but also lovely readings to help my mind focus and stay in the poses. I haven’t missed a week since the lockdown started.

Cara

I have been attending Karen's classes for nearly 4 years and have never looked back. She has introduced me to a whole new way of viewing the world. A better way.
I am so grateful to her for introducing me to yin yoga as it has become a very special and needed part of my life. I am also grateful that she has carried on her classes online as i don't think i would be managing lockdown nearly as well without them! - Helen 
"Finding Karen as a yoga teacher has been a blessing, for which I am very grateful. Yoga has been part of my life for a long time and I have needed it more than ever these last few weeks.
The fact that Karen immediately responded to the challenge of moving her studio online has enabled me to continue my yoga journey. To be part of such a supportive community has helped me deal with the difficult times we are currently facing and I look forward to class every week."
 
 
At a time when not a lot is the same, Bamboo virtual yoga classes have kept one thing constant in my life - yoga. It's also brought my yoga practice home. Until recently it was something I did, and enjoyed, outside the home. I'm now practising yoga and relaxation in a new environment but feeling even more part of a community. The virtual hatha and yin classes I sign up for are now my opportunity not only to relax, find peace of mind and enjoy yoga and its many benefits, but its also my time to connect, feel reassured and supported. Thank you Karen xx" Lindsey 
 
Breathe in...Breathe out
Let it go....
One of the things that I have taken away from one of Karen's classes today, amongst other things such as her words of wisdom , from both books,  and also her own experience . Karen's classes are more than just a "yoga class ", if you want to know why, then book a class, take part, have a go and see how you feel. Thank you Karen, I am so glad I had the courage a year ago to book a Yoga class with you. Donna

YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Karen Jackson

Founder, Studio Owner and teacher of Hatha, and  Yin Yoga . Karen is qualified with the British Wheel of Yoga BWYQ Level 4 500 hours yoga teacher training a qualified Yin Yoga, Pre/post natal and baby yoga teacher. Qualified in Yoga bugs and Teen yoga too. Karen believes strongly that Yoga is a transformative, healing, and empowering experience for both body and mind. Karen’s classes, focus on fun, strength and flexibility. Always staging for all different levels so a wide variety of students are catered for, able to develop in their own pace in class. Karen has come through breast cancer and several surgeries, and really understands the impact that life can have on the body and emotions and the healing power of yoga. Karen is forever learning.

 

Doing yoga is my happy place. 
When the studio closed, I was really concerned. No need. Karen had her online classes up and running within days and everything was so much better in my world! Karen teaches from the heart and her online classes are so good. Keeping going with yoga keeps some normality in my life. 
Thank you, Karen. - Katherine 
 
 

 

Beautiful teaching, giving me the vehicle through yin for the journey to re-connect with the real me and guiding me to find the inner me and inner strength that's been lost over the years in life’s trials and tribulations.

Introducing postures to bring a calmness and self confidence which in turn gives a more stable outlook to life.

Absolutely love it  - Sharon